Workers have been excavating and began subgrade cleaning in the area where dam improvements and a new spillway are to be constructed. This includes shaping the spillway foundation with a substance known as “dental concrete”, which typically consists of conventional concrete that is used to shape surfaces and fill irregularities as preparation prior to concrete structure pours. Construction work is to continue, weather permitting, through winter. Project completion is scheduled for Summer, 2018.

ODNR says the dam improvements and spillway replacement project at Indian Lake is approximately 70 percent complete. The remainder of the old spillway has been removed and workers now are excavating for construction of the eastern portion of the new spillway.